MD, 1977, Harvard University
AB, 1973, Princeton University
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Additional Appointment(s):
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Professor of Medicine;
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Courses Taught:
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EPI 562: Emerging Infectious Diseases
EPI 564: P. Hlth Prepare & Bioterrorism
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Career Overview:
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Dr. Berkelman is Rollins Professor and Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research at Emory University and the director of the Emory Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center. She began her career in public health as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At CDC, she served as Deputy Director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases, and as a Senior Advisor to the Director; she retired from the US Public Health Service in 2000 as Assistant Surgeon General. She is nationally and internationally recognized in infectious diseases and disease surveillance. She has taken leadership roles with national organizations and is currently serving as Chair of the Public and Scientific Affairs Board, American Society of Microbiology;. She has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, and was appointed in 2007 to the National Biodefense Science Board.
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Areas of Interest/Research:
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Infectious Disease
Public Health Practice
Public Health Preparedness
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Selected Research Projects:
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1. Notifiable Disease Surveillance
2. Epidemiology of Diagnostic Clinical Practices for Infectious Diseases
3. Veterinary Biosafety Practices and Zoonotic Infection
4. "Legionellosis Epidemiology
5. Research in Preparedness for Public Health Crises
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Selected Publications:
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Berkelman, R.L. and Klugman, K.
The emergence and resurgence of bacterial infectious diseases. In: (eds. Hausler WJ, Sussman, M)
Topley & Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections, Tenth Edition , 1: 2005.
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Berkelman, R. L ., Cassell, G., Specter, S., Hamburg, M., Klugman, K.
The "Achilles Heel" of global efforts to combat infectious diseases (Letter)
Clinical Infectious Diseases , 42: 1503-1504, 2006.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v42n10/3...
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Berkelman, R. L .
Public Health Surveillance for Respiratory Diseases: United States
(ed, W. Blanpied. Proceedings of the Trilateral Seminar on R&D Policies Related to Emgerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: China, Korea, and the US). , 99-106, 2006.
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Silk, B. and Berkelman, R. L .
A review fo strategies to enhance completeness of reporting
J. Public Helath Management Practice , 11: 191-200, 2005.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=13&sid=dc26322f...
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Berkelman, R., Sullivan, P. and Buehler, J.
"Public Health Surveillance".
In: Oxford Texbook of Public Helath, Oxford University Press (In press) , .
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Whitney, E.A.S., Bahn, C.C., Heilpern, K.L., Franko, E.A., DelRio, C., Silk, B., Ratcliff, J.J., Bryant, K.A., Park, M.M., Watkins, S.J., Caram, L.B., Blumberg, h.M., Woods, C.W., and Berkelman, R. L .
West Nile Virus among hospitalized febrile patients: a case for expanding diagnostic testing
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Infections , 6: 42-49, 2006.
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Neil K, Berkelman R.
Legionellosis, 1990 - 2005: Changing Epidemiologic Trends
Clin Inf Dis , 47: 591-599, 2008.
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Other affiliations and Activities:
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Member, Institute of Medicine,, National Academies
Chair, Public and Scientifc Affairs Board, American Society of Microbiology,
Member, National Biodefense Science Board
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Member, Committee to Review Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University
Member, Board of Life Sciences, National Research Council, NAS
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Link to this page: http://www.sph.emory.edu/faculty/RBERKEL
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